JPH04362994A - Electronic musical instrument - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To offer the electronic musical instrument which enables standing performance and easily realizes rich musical expression and is inexpensive. CONSTITUTION:An ultrasonic length measuring instrument 28 is provided to the electronic musical instrument 2 and detects the distance between the body or face of a player and the electronic musical instrument 2, and a musical sound generated through the operation of the electronic musical instrument 2 according to the detection result of this ultrasonic length measuring instrument 28.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic musical instrument incorporating a modulation function, and more particularly to an electronic musical instrument suitable for so-called standing performance, in which the electronic musical instrument is played while hanging from the shoulder or neck.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Electronic musical instruments that incorporate a modulation function for modulating and controlling the pitch, brilliance, vibrato depth, speed, etc. of generated musical tones include, for example, electronic musical instruments that use wheels, ribbon controllers, and the like. Electronic musical instruments incorporating such modulation functions enable rich musical expression and enable the development of new products.

However, such electronic musical instruments are generally large and expensive, and furthermore, when a keyboard instrument is played while being hung from the shoulder or neck, it is difficult to operate it satisfactorily.

0004

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As described above, conventional electronic musical instruments incorporating a modulation function are generally large and expensive, and are not suitable for standing performance where the instrument is hung from the shoulder or neck.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic musical instrument that allows stand-up performance, easily realizes rich musical expression, and is inexpensive.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention includes an electronic musical instrument main body, and a distance between a performer or a part of the performer and the electronic musical instrument main body. and a detection means for detecting the detection means, and the musical tone is controlled according to the detection result of the detection means.

[Operation] According to the present invention, the distance between the player or a part of the player, such as the player's body or face, and the electronic musical instrument main body is detected by the detection means, and the electronic musical instrument is operated according to the detection result. control the musical tones generated from the

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an embodiment of an electronic musical instrument according to the present invention. In Figure 1, grip 1
is fixedly connected to the electronic musical instrument 2 through a connecting portion 1a. This grip 1 is provided with an ultrasonic measuring instrument 28 that detects the distance between the player or a part of the player, such as the player's body or face, and the electronic musical instrument main body. The detection output of this ultrasonic surveying device 28 indicates the positional relationship between this ultrasonic surveying device 28 and the performer, that is, the distance between this ultrasonic surveying device 28 and the performer, or the position of the performer, such as the body or face of the performer. changes slightly depending on the distance. In this embodiment, modulation control is performed by controlling musical tones generated from the electronic musical instrument 2 using the detection output of the ultrasonic surveying device 28.

[0010] Examples of modulation control include pitch, brilliance, vibrato depth and speed, etc., and the ultrasonic surveying device 28 disposed on the grip 1 fixedly connected to the electronic musical instrument 2 and the performance. By changing the relative position with the person, the ultrasonic surveying instrument 28
the pitch of the musical tone generated from the electronic musical instrument 2 in response to the changed output of the ultrasonic surveying device 28,
Control brilliance, vibrato depth and speed, etc.

[0011] Here, since the electronic musical instrument of this embodiment is used while being hung from the shoulder like a guitar, for example,
It is easy to change the relative position between the ultrasonic measuring instrument 28 and the performer, and various modes of change can be considered, so it is possible to obtain a signal with a great degree of freedom from the ultrasonic measuring instrument 28. By employing the signals obtained from the ultrasonic measuring device 28 for modulation control of pitch, brilliance, vibrato depth, speed, etc., it is possible to create a highly varied performance expression.

When playing this electronic musical instrument, for example, the electronic musical instrument of this embodiment is hung from the shoulder like a guitar, the keyboard is played with the right hand, the grip 1 is held with the left hand, and the grip 1 and the player are connected. By the very simple operation of changing the relative position of the oscilloscope, it is possible to perform extremely variable modulation control of pitch, brilliance, vibrato depth and speed, etc.

Note that this ultrasonic surveying instrument 2 is attached to the grip 1.
In addition to 8, for example, a plurality of pressure sensors are provided, and the musical tone generated by the keyboard operation of the electronic musical instrument 2 is modulated by both the signal generated by the appropriate operation of the pressure sensor and the output of the ultrasonic surveying device 28. It may be configured to perform the following.

In the configuration shown in FIG. 1, the connecting portion 1a of the grip 1 can be of various configurations such as a plug-in type or a screw type, and the shape of the grip 1 can be cylindrical, polygonal columnar, spherical, etc. But that's fine.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing another embodiment of the electronic musical instrument according to the present invention. In this example,
A grip 1 and a connecting portion 1a of an electronic musical instrument 2 are connected via a flexible holder 4. Thereby, the grip 1 can be positioned at a desired position of the player, and the degree of freedom of the player's performance can be further increased.

In this case, for example, the output of the ultrasonic surveying device 28 can be changed by simply changing the positional relationship between the grip 1 and the player without changing the relative positional relationship between the electronic musical instrument 2 and the player. This improves performance operability,
Furthermore, the degree of freedom of performance expression is improved.

[0017]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention,
For example, it is possible to play the keyboard with the right hand and use the grip with the left hand to control the modulation of the generated musical sounds, which is not possible with conventional keyboard instruments. It has the advantage of providing sex.

Furthermore, since it becomes possible to perform subtle modulation control that corresponds to changes in the distance between the electronic instrument body and the performer's face or body, it is possible to expect effects such as the possibility of extremely varied performance expressions. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an embodiment of an electronic musical instrument according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing another embodiment of the electronic musical instrument according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Modulation grip 1a Connection part 2 Electronic musical instruments 4 Flexible holder 28 Ultrasonic length measuring device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A main body of an electronic musical instrument; a detecting means provided on the main body of the electronic musical instrument for detecting a distance between a performer or a part of the performer and the main body of the electronic musical instrument; An electronic musical instrument characterized by controlling musical tones accordingly.